Goals for 2009/2010 School Year (Future Work of the Committee)
Other
Tech Meeting
May 20, 2009
DHMS
4:00 PM
Present: Leslie Antolick, TMHS Computer Technician; Nancy Barto, CO Finance Officer; Cathy Boutin, DHMS Librarian; Chris Carte, TMHS Teacher; Rich Culver, FDMS Tech Assistant; Phil Gouveia, JSD IT Supervisor; Ray Imel, DHMS Teacher; Barbara Kelly-Page, JDHS Computer Technician; Barb Kreher, JDHS Librarian; Tom Milliron, FD Principal; Richard Steele, JDHS Teacher; John Wahl, CO Math, Sciences and Technology Specialist; Sheryl Wittig, Riverbend Teacher; Lori Hoover, AB Principal; Ted Wilson, GV Principal; Sarah Marino, Yakoos Principal; Barb Mecum, DHMS Principal
2009/2010 School Year JSD Technology Committee membership:
A representative from each school should be a member on the JSD Technology Committee. Especially with the new technology based initiatives that are taking place next school year we'd like each site to be aware of and to participate in them. JSD Technology Committee members are listed on our Wiki Space. This membership list will be updated at the beginning of each year. Communication was sent to all principals to let them know who has been listed as a member from their school and their attendance for this year's meetings.
If you are a current JSD Tech Committee member and are NOT planning to continue that membership next school year, please email John Wahl to let him know.
Next school year meeting dates and times:
Meetings will be held the third Wednesday of each month. Our first meeting of the 09-10 school year will be Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at DHMS at 4:00 PM.
2009-2010 Technology Initiatives:
1. NetTrekker <http://www.nettrekker.com/> is like “a google for schools”. Click on the link and sign up for a trial account! NetTrekker is a search engine that only searches educational sites. The program provides search limiters that include reading level, Title III, ESL, or ELL appropriate material. The cost for a district wide one-year subscription is $9,000.00. This will be purchased for next school year during our JSD fiscal year, which is July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. Training for NetTrekker is planned for staff during October Science and Technology Conference.
2. Atomic Learning is included in our JSD Technology plan. Using this program we can assess 8th grade skills. Instead of assessing 8th graders this spring, we will assess 9th graders in the fall. Title 2D / Stimulus funds will be used to pay for this program.
Tech Mentors in each secondary school have had Atomic Learning training. Subscription service will be for the entire district with citywide access. Each individual will have their own account for Atomic Learning. JSD is looking at individual course modules and we might be able to apply and use for credit with UAS. Adults only can take 599 courses, not for students through UAS. Chris Carte will talk with Carin Smolin and see if we can include student credit.
The program includes projects teachers can teach students which help to develop and use the skills that students have learned from the modules.
3. MAPS ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS by NWEA.org
This system consolidates numerous assessments and condenses them. The assessments include math, reading, writing and grammar. The assessments are technology based and students test on a computer. There are three assessment windows that test individuals and provide a report for teachers within 24 hours. The report gives you proficient level and guided teaching levels. Math skills are assessed and results show where a student falls on a continuum for those skills base. The program is loaded on a server and special installation needs are involved with this program. MatSu School District is using this program and other districts down south use it, too.
Staff development for teachers will be possible in summer and then they would be point persons in buildings next year.
4.BOOT CAMP
JUNE-- One week long --- staff only --
iWork 09 package iLife 09
1 to 1 laptops
REBOOT CAMP
AUGUST-- Two-day technology training.
Mainly for 1 to 1 laptop teachers and student technology team training.
09-10 GOALS and Future Work
Tech Plan:
Board wants to follow SERRC plan – David Means will submit an update to them
New JSD Tech Coordinator to be hired in January 2010
Position of tech coordinator will be cabinet level and IT works on hardware and network
Funding:
Advocacy for funding needed
Get priorities ready for stimulus funds for infrastructure upgrades – John is working on it.
Modernizing schools --- keep your eyes open for GRANTS to spend this money
Curriculum Update:
Let's PILOT the ATLAS CURRICULUM MAPPING software as we update our JSD Technology Curriculum. It is electronic curriculum mapping software produced by Rubikon Company, 4.00 per kid per year ($20,000)
ADHOC Committees will convene for the last 30 minutes of meetings STANDARDS for purchasing
FILTERING ASTE Grants and staff development money
Other Discussion:
Lori wants to know if we have to have one or the other platform. Some programs run on PC’s only. Discussion about transfer students from school to school especially at elementary schools, pursued. Also, staff development at elementary level has been modest and what would happen if staff had to learn TWO platforms?
AGENDA for 1st meeting
30 minutes training for Tech Committee
30 minutes Adhoc Committees
ACTION ITEMS:
Get priorities ready for stimulus funds for infrastructure upgrades – John is working on it.
John will make it happen. REMOVE 06 iWork and upgrade to 08Work all building techs will be emailed to please do this.
Thank you, John!
Agenda: April 22, 2009
Stimulus Update
Potential Grants for Infrastructure from ARRA (Stimulus Bill)
Budget Update (from Board meeting)
Technology additions for the coming school year
Presenters needed for Alaska Math, Science, Technology Conference in October (hosted by JSD)
Staff development opportunities: Technology Bootcamp in June (TMHS); SE Technician Conference in Ketchikan
Present: Leslie Antolick, TMHS Computer Technician; Nancy Barto, CO Finance Officer; Cathy Boutin, DHMS Librarian; Rich Culver, FDMS Tech Assistant; Jane Ginter, DHMS Computer Technician; Barbara Kelly-Page, JDHS Computer Technician; Barb Kreher, JDHS Librarian; Richard Steele, JDHS Teacher; John Wahl, CO Math, Sciences and Technology Specialis;, Sheryl Wittig, Riverbend Teacher
Guest: Mark Carver, 1 to 1 laptop Coordinator & District Web Master
Absent: Chris Carte, TMHS Teacher; Alan Degener, FDMS Teacher; Phil Gouveia, JSD IT Supervisor; Ray Imel, DZ Teacher; Tom McKenna, HBV Teacher; David Means, CO Administrative Services Director; Tom Milliron, FD Principal; Laury Scandling, CO Assistant Superintendent; Deedie Sorensen, MRCS Teacher; Jeffery Wyatt, Glacier Valley Teacher
1. Stimulus Update At the April 21, 2009 JSD Board meeting it was not totally clear what was decided, but there was discussion about spending stimulus monies, if and when it is received in our district. As we understand it, there is a possibility for $75,000 to be allotted for a JSD tech coordinator starting in January 2010. There was also discussion about $35,000 for supporting technology infrastructure during the meeting. Stimulus money is still up in the air not sure how much the JSD might be receiving.
2. Potential Grants for Infrastructure from ARRA (Stimulus Bill) State Stabilization Fund (SSF)
Title I and Title 2D money
IDEA
Grants released through dept of agriculture could be used for infrastructure. SERRC is looking into it specifically for infrastructure.
3. Budget Update Nancy stated that in January 2009, as a committee, we responded to the board that our district that both infrastructure improvements and a JSD Technology Coordinator are both equally needed. We need to hire someone who has a foot in all tech worlds including district level coordination and authority, knowledge of curriculum, integrating technology into the classroom, etc. Our tech committee should adapt suggestions from Ryan Stanley's SERRC report and provide a JSD Technology Coordinator job description.
John says this position has to be at the level of IT and Curriculum. One that makes decisions and has power and authority for the complete district. I would be ineffective if each site was to receive a specific amount of money from a district technology budget. We need, as a district, to order equipment and other technological items that adhere to specific requirements and designed standards. The idea is to have technological continuity throughout the district that allows students to move seamlessly from school to school.
4. Technology additions for the coming school year NetTrekker <http://www.nettrekker.com/> is like “a google for schools”. Click on the link and sign up for a trial account! NetTrekker is a search engine that only searches educational sites. The program provides search limiters that include reading level, Title III, ESL, or ELL appropriate material. The cost for a district wide one year subscription is $9,000.00. This will be purchased for next school year during our JSD fiscal year which is July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.
5. Presenters needed forAlaska Math, Science, Technology Conference . JDHS will host the conference which will be Juneau School District Inservice days for staff on October 14-17, 2010.
6. Staff development opportunities: Technology Bootcamp in June (TMHS); SE Technician Conference in Ketchikan We have $32,000 technology integration and professional development money to use. We need to measure 8th grade students to see if they are meeting technology skills. Specifically testing and evaluating for the skills, which have not been developed yet. We also need to develop a rubric so we can test staff skills so we know what more they need to learn.
Atomic Learning a web based program and has "just in time training" online tutorials divided by lessons. The cost is $23,000 for three years including a 15% discount. The idea is that all JSD staff can access the program to learn from the tutorials. JSD staff can create customized courses and there is a possibility we may be able to submit these to partner with UAS for 599 classes. Atomic Learning meets funding requirements for Title 2D, aligns with tech plan, NCLB mandate, and has lesson plans.
Richard added that "Lynda.com" is the same type of program and is a competitor to Atomic Learning. He suggests we all take a look at it and if it has college credit set up already then no one would have to recreate that.
If anyone is looking for online classes they might look at Illuminate used at UAS. This program has two-minute painless instructional videos that staff could use for just a session or two. These lessons are designed to use right away. Marsha Gladhart, technology teacher at UAS, is using this program.
7. Internet Safety follow-up (iSafe) & e-rate ISafe curriculum provides compliance to e-rate law for teaching internet safety. It costs $600 per district.
8. Other items Richard reported there will not be any room for new video production equipment next year at JDHS. A new scheduling machine was purchased for channel 6 and we have all the great stuff to use for a video studio but no space.
Our new servers have the capability for individual iCalendars to be published and others can subscribe to view the first person's calendar. We need to see if this can be done for wikis, also.
Elementary schools will be going to PowerSchool soon and they need training.
We need a district technology coordinator to make a lot of this happen.
At JDHS POWER SCHOOL access can be denied so that students and parents will not be able to see GRADES at the end of year IF students have library or textbook FINES!
Next JSD Technology Meeting:
May 20th, 2009 at 4:00 PM at DHMS
Agenda:
Stimulus Money Update
Tech Committee Minutes
March 18, 2009
Present: John Wahl, Leslie Antolick, Phil Gouveia, Barbara Kreher, Rich Culver, Sheryl Wittig, David Means, Alan Degener, Tom Milliron, Cathy Boutin
ASTE Review
Barb Kreher – Internet safety should it be added to the tech curriculum. Is included in Health Curriculum but no ownership – who teaches it. Could be added to the library curriculum. Barb offered links from teacher tube (public service announcements from TV ‘think before you post’– posting images online, iSafe is free curriculum and broken down by grade level. Rich explained Internet safety program that is presented at the 7th grade in the health curriculum. At DH it is included in the health curriculum. Teacher tube stuff is presented in the classrooms at the middle school level. At the high school no particular presentation is offered. John mentioned sharing music, cyber bullying, and potential predators. Needs to be repeated at every level throughout the school experience. Could be collaboration with librarian and classroom teacher.
Sheryl – smart board sessions ASTE. Will be sharing curriculum development on smart boards with the elementary ESL.
Geo caching sessions - looking to borrow GPS units for use
Attended Google Apps sessions
Advantages and disadvantages with Google apps. Makes it easier to contribute as a group for a final document. Their presentation product is not very good and starting a document in Google word is not user friendly. In the future might have some uses in the district but not right now.
Barbara – 2nd life – not very practical – take too much time
Alan - Social networks – allows you to set up your own social network - takes too much time
Cathy – 2nd life – Anchorage school district has an island
John – it will cost money as you get into it – when you create things and upload to site there is a cost.
You need to be an adult and you need to pass background checks if you are on teen grid in 2nd life. Can be useful to collaborate as a class.
Alan – Apple remote desktop, and imaging
Change caching setup on network, turn off bonjour network cache. Apple considers remote desktop to be the ‘canary in the coal mine’ since it will start showing symptoms of network problems before they get too big. ARD works best with leopard setup but most schools in JSD are a mixture of OS – 10.4 and 10.5. Snow leopard is coming next not radically new but will fix many things in 10.5.
John asked Phil about moving to server 10.5.6. Phil said all severs in the district are 10.5.6. Many present computers in JSD will not meet the specs to upgrade to 10.5. Operating system is too big to run on older machines.
Phil – met salespeople, attended vendor breakouts, Dept of Education, vaporware application interesting but not released yet. Meet with peers from throughout the state and compared equipment and set up. Scale of networks throughout the state are much larger then JSD. Most does not apply to Juneau but is interesting.
Cathy won trial version video conferencing software. DH gets to keep speaker/microphone hardware that will come with prize. They will set up and then demonstrate.
Tom – iPod touch, by apple. Very slick and easy to use. A podcast was created by the end of the session that he attended and posted on the web. Used Garage band and iLife 09 but can be done with iLife 08 and iLife06. Wanted to get a demo set of iPod touches from apple but wasn’t successful. Wanted referrals from other schools so Tom could ask about the experience but there aren’t any out there yet. Apple was willing to discount the charging case but not agree to a free trial. Price doesn’t justify the usefulness in light of the cheaper laptops that are coming out. iPod use was suggested in the tech plan written by Ryan Stanley. Is being used with an ESL population in another school district. ESL teacher buying cheap iPod shuffles for her students and loading up content for students and their families. Cell phone are showing up in the classrooms at many levels. Cell phone might talk the place of clicker technology. iPod touch has scientific calculator and a dictionary. iPod will work in a power outage. iTunes education area has free, worthwhile content. Laptops for secondary school level, and iPod touch at elementary level. Secondary level need to type papers and make presentations, which is easier to do on a laptop. iPod is a consumption tool, laptop is a creation tool. Notebooks are getting very inexpensive.
Tom – advanced power school, Fairbanks School District has written a file maker pro program that talks directly with Power School.
Security for Power School should be similar to Alaska Central software used in the Spec Ed. Department.
Next year ISTE standards will focus on administrators
This year the focus was teachers
Last year the focus was students
Cheryl – stimulus money to replace hardware.
John went to 2nd life training
Apple seminar which included Educators group and IT group. How severs can do wikis, clickers, host podcasts. Everything can be done in a closed and secure community with the leopard server. Wiki, Blog, Calendar enabled on leopard servers. 121 Engineering days were purchased so apple can help with server issues.
ISTE session had new standards for teachers
Found out who got the grants and what they were doing. Need to partner with another school district or university to get better scores on grant applications. Partner with apple is also a possibility. Staff development and integration provided by apple that would allow us to apply for up to $150,000.
iPhone application exchange – rural physics students using GPS feature and collecting data there are free versions and 99-cent versions of software for the iPhone.
Notetaker application, - good for storing different information – web pages, etc
iLife 09 – learn how to play an instrument, travel books with built in maps, major iMovie improvement.
Discovery Streaming video - one stop place for Anchorage teachers to go to get all their outside services – discover channel, atomic learning, discovery streaming. All within their network so it doesn’t take too much bandwidth.
Study Island – Harborview has one.
Developers software to write iPhone and iPod touch applications
Document camera made for under $100 from QUICKTIME PRO
iWork09 – new features in keynote and pages, transitions upgraded and many more templates.
Filming on a village budget – how to do it on a small budget. Sound equipment is the most important place to spend the money.
How is model of tech curriculum handled in other places in Alaska.
Establishing a process of reviewing and determining what sites get blocked. How to handle. Mostly requests are for unblocking sites since everything is blocked. There is a need for a review panel to look at what is being blocked. Blocking system is being used in place of class management – shift responsibility from teacher. How do sites get blocked – radio buttons which are global and not specific. Forums have been blocked due to a checked radio button regardless of content. Student must go through the librarian to make request to unblock. Tech should not be used as classroom management tool. Power should remain with classroom teacher. When students are done they go to gaming sites. Online gaming and streaming video sites use large amounts of bandwidth and should be blocked. https sites cannot be blocked at filter level. Teachers need ownership of blocked sites. Students do not need voice in process
JSD Tech site representation from each facility. List of committee opportunities was not published at the beginning of the year. Elementary schools are underrepresented - Glacier Valley and Auke Bay have never been to a meeting.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – stimulus act – grant money distributed through Dept of Agriculture – for modernization of school infrastructure. IT has wish list ready, justification, ballpark cost. Potential revenue source. Upgrade switches, Internet access, network ports at all school except – TM already has. Sept 30, 2011 is deadline. Apply for grants to do upgrades within the district. Asking SERC about their experience with grants in which they have been successful. Staff development might be useful but cannot be included in the grant application. John went over some of the ISTE standards for teachers. Consistent and adequate funding is a stumbling block.
Tech coordinator will not be filled this year due to lack of district funding. Dave means mentioned looking to NCLB money to see if it can be used for staff development.
Staff development online – imbedded teachscape xl as staff development tool. – JSD online. Use Moodle for staff development and also use it in the classroom down the road. Use Atomic learning in the JSD. Could take care of Targets for 8th grade students. Atomic Learning would be use in the 9th grade as an assessment tool in conjunction with the 1 to 1 laptops instead of doing the assessment in the 8th grade. Cost has to be looked into – it is an annual subscription.
Teacher upgrade grant – laptops for every teacher that did meet the minimum specs for leopard. Teachers at both middle schools have laptops, all 1 to 1 teachers, math teachers at high school, very few elementary. TM has external monitors their for use with laptops.
Incentive for teachers to come to Juneau School District and get a laptop – stay for a few years and keep the computer.
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Juneau School District Technology Committee
March 18, 2009
DHMS 4:00 PM
Agenda:
• ASTE follow-up (round-table presentations from those who went)
• ASTE follow-up: Models of Technology Curriculum
• Content Filtering: establishing a collaboration/review process for blocked sites
• JSD Committee (site representation)• ARRA Grants for Infrastructure Upgrades• Other items
Send John other agenda ideas.
Juneau School District Technology Committee
Feb. 18, 2009
DHMS 4:00 PM
Present: Jane Ginter, Phil Gouveia, Ray Imel, Rich Culver, Richard Steele, John Wahl, Leslie Antolick, Sheryl Wittig, Tom Milliron, Alan Degner, Tom McKenna. David Means came late. Cathy Boutin came late.
ASTE, we need to take good notes. Share with the rest of the group. Most of the next meeting needs to be shared with the main group. John showed us some of the preconferences and reminded us that we can go to the mini sessions which are smaller versions of the main sessions or we can look for the persons who gave the workshop.
John said that the E2-D2 apps went out; they were slanted towards districts with partners. The Juneau School District was not successful. John said that he knows who the winning districts were and that he would attend the session; he will look for a Southeast District to partner with, perhaps Chatham.
Who is going to ASTE: Alan Degener, Phil Gouveia, John Wahl, Tom Milliron, Cathy Boutin, Barb Kreher, Sheryl Witting. Henry Hopkins is going. Barb Mecum and Molly Yerkes are also going as part of the DZ grant. We need to take good notes. At the next committee meeting there will be a time for reporting. Last time we met and collaborated there. We could try and meet after the opening keynote. Last year we had an objective; the plan we were drafting. What would be our objective this year? We want some preplanning for our technology review cycle. We need to find out what other district’s models for technology instruction, how do they deliver curriculum.
Tom asked re our agenda for next meeting. John asked how we assess, that we need to ask other districts questions at ASTE; how do they assess technology and who does it? Also, the sessions we go to, we need to be willing to give a report on what we learned and great innovations.
Phil is going to meet with other IT supervisors up there.
Alan was rescheduled to Monday PM and Tuesday PM.
1:1 update: computers have been rolled out at Thunder Mountain. We had a good group of parents. Only had one parent who didn’t like the way the student agreement was worded. The student is liable for the computer when it’s outside the building.
Rich’s daughter attends Thunder Mountain; she said that you have to carry the computer around with her all the time. She does not like to carry the computer all the time. John said that as people use the computers more and more, perhaps they’ll use them in classes more. This summer there will be a tech integration institute. There will be a number of slots available. John doesn’t know if there are enough laptop cases for every single student. Rich asked about using synching for all the laptops at TMHS. Leslie said she hasn’t heard any complaints. The bumps at the beginning of the year have mostly been worked out. Leslie said that there is minimal loss of data if a laptop crashes. Leslie said that it only synchs the differences. Alan is curious as to what happens to that. We discussed the ins and outs of synching machines and the repercussions. John said that having the kids turning in the computers to the carts has not caused a problem. JDHS’s rollout is quasi-happening this week. The parent opening was last night. There were lots of questions about blocking websites, etc. Leslie said that we are very close to cyber bullying and that one kid crossed the line today. She said that the iChat is a problem. We can lock it down. Tom asked if anyone was using iChat for an academic purpose. Sheryl said that it’s a push to use it for academic purposes. John said that kids can chat other ways.
We discussed the monitoring. Tom asked that if a student clears history can we still find out where they’ve been. Phil said yes. We could disable Safari. Alan said to go into the “Nib File” and take “private browsing” out of the Nib file. He said that is not hard to do with “X” tools. He said he doesn’t think there’s a hot key for that. We discussed private browsing. Tom said that he shared how to disable content filtering during the 1 to 1 laptop training.
School board response to technology budget advisory. We got a .pdf document from David Means of the Administration’s Analysis and Recommendations of Educational Technology Review & Recommend. This did not get on the agenda until about 10:00 PM. David said that we had talked to the tech committee, the admin council. David said that Ed at the School Board said that we could get hand helds perhaps instead of computers. David said that we are having to work on tight budgets, a lot tighter than last year. David said that the district is struggling to find $2.5 million; he does not believe that some of the recommendations from the SERRC report will be in the budget. The timing for the additions is not good.
David said that we turn over to the legislature our wish list as well. Any additions or changes are dependent on the price of oil. David said that there could be some money in the federal stimulus bill for technology. John thought that it could target network infrastructure.
Tom McKenna asked what is the best way to understand the school district budget. Tom is interested in what is possible. David said to come by his office for a budget document. David said there is not a technology section in there. There is an opening at ASTE and we have an opening for one more person; it may be Tom or it may be Jane.
John said that regarding the next steps in the tech review cycle, that we need to interact with people from other school districts and find out other models. Those who aren’t going to ASTE need to research models from outside the state.
Alan asked about Channel 6; Mikko Wilson will contact him.
Sheryl asked about our District tech plan. John said that he submitted it and that it is approved by the state after some hurdles in the summer. John said that he does not know where we stand with our board; there are no new funds for technology. David said that the Board does not understand we are in limbo. A lot of what was in the SERRC report matched our plan. We didn’t have the leg power to pull off. John said that we did not submit the SERRC plan to the state. That was done by an outside source.
John said that we are attempting what is in the plan. Some things we’ll be able to do, some things we won’t be able to do.
Tom said that Harborview is interested in Smart Boards. Tom said that they’re interested in an alpha smart-type solution. Tom said that they’re looking into fusion keyboards. John said projectors need to be ceiling mounted. Leslie said there were some issues regarding placement and installation.
Tom said that for a fraction of the cost you get the slates: smart board makes the slates. Tom really should be at ASTE; they have two versions of them at Dryden. They paid $300 for these pads. They do everything you can do with a Smartboard.
JSD Technology Committee Meeting
January 21, 2009
4:00 PM
DHMS Library
Present: John Wahl, Alan Degener, Leslie Antolick, Richard Steele, Tom McKenna, Phil Gouveia, Barbara Kelly-Page, Barb Kreher, Nancy Barto, Tom Milliron, Chris Carte, Dee Dee Sorenson, Sheryl Wittig, David Means and Ray Imel.
Guest: Jan Niemeyer, JDHS Graphic Arts Teacher
1. SERRC Review and Recommendations: (See link on this wiki to reference complete report)
David Means wanted us to develop priorities for the February 17th school board meeting. The question was raised how our priorities mesh with the Budget Review committee recommendations. We decided to categorize our priorities highest tier, medium tier, low tier and other.
The Jan Niemeyer, JDHS graphics teacher, is concerned that her high-end technology needs were not addressed in the Review and Recommend.
Top 2 non-negotiable priorities
(tech coordinator begins work on planning a replacement cycle)
• 1.3.2; Increase elementary librarian to full-time
• 3.3.3 Establish per school technology budget
• 2.5.1 District wide to support qualifying technology integrations
• 2.6.4 Handhelds instead of computers
1.2.1 Reorganizing IT (NSC)
1.3.1 Reorganizing IT (AST)
All site-based recommendations
Currently in Place:
• 1.3.3 MS/HS technology integration leader
Can be put into practice with existing staff:
• Implement a modern “Web 2.0” capable web services infrastructure
Should happen immediately:
• 3.4.2 Comprehensive UPS solution
2. ASTE CONFERENCE
David Means said that the district had funds to pay for only 3 committee members to attend ASTE this year instead of everyone.
*John Wahl will attend using different travel money.
*Richard Steele, Barbara Kelly-page and Barb Kreher will be funded with JDHS Staff Development funds.
The 3 people funded by district money are:
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Next Meeting:
(Third Wednesday) February 18, 2009.
4:00 PM at DHMS
ASTE (quick check in and other logistics/planning)
1 to 1 Update
School Board response to Technology Assessment/Budget Advisory
Next Steps on Technology Curriculum Review Cycle
Present: Leslie Antolick, Nancy Barto, Cathy Boutin, Chris Carte, Alan Degener, Jane Ginter, Phil Gouveia, Ray Imel, Barb Kreher, Tom McKenna, Tom Milliron, Richard Steele, John Wahl, Sheryl Wittig.
Guests: Kristin Bartlett JSD Communications Manager, Joyce Kitka, Community Schools
1. Alaska Society for Technology in Education (ASTE) Conference: Saturday, February 21, 2009 through Tuesday, February 24, 2009. Captain Cook Hotel, Anchorage.
The following JSD Tech Committee Members expressed an interest in attending this conference:
Tom Milliron, Cathy Boutin, Richard Steele, Alan (presenting sessions), Chris Carte, Barb Kreher, Barbara Kelly-Page, Sheryl Wittig, Leslie Antolick, and Jane is a maybe.Tom McKenna is interested as well.
Things to do if you are interested in attending:
Travel authorization from principal
Talk with principal for time away.
Save boarding pass
Next meeting need to confirm attendance
2. Channel 6 Update:
Currently, Richard’s students have a 20-minute news show broadcasting at 8:01 AM, 6:00 PM and 6:30 PM.
The new upgraded scheduling/broadcasting machine is being purchased by end of December 2008, even though funding is $2,500 short. Once installed, the new machine will enable scheduling to be accomplished by accessing the JSD network and will not require this to be done manually.
“Quality Control” of anything broadcast over Channel 6 was discussed. Mikko is submitting an overall broadcasting plan and it may be that he can help us develop STANDARDS and ETTIQUETTE before we get very far with producing and broadcasting shows. Kristin Bartlett, JSD Communications Manager, will talk with Mikko to make a draft addressing Quality Control for this committee to review. The current JSD policies will be followed but will include this medium of presentation.
The scheduling of shows will be figured out as the need arises.
When the idea of selling advertising was brought up Nancy explained to us that though it sounds like a great idea, the cost of processing would be more than what we might earn.
3. E2T2 Grant:
This is a federal grant administered by the State of Alaska and has very specific parameters. What they are looking for is a cohort of 2-4 educators that must include at least one 8th grade Math or Reading teacher. Members of the cohort must attend ASTE and a summer workshop. The emphasis of the grant is to learn about the Intel –“Teach to the Future Program”, or a pre-approved similar program. Each member of the cohort would receive $5,000, a digital projector, or a pod of computers to be used for staff development.
In the past, the grant was posted in January with a short timeline to submit an application. Committee members should talk to teachers to see if anyone is interested. Reading teachers might consider an articulation between grade levels. If we could pool ideas together and have committed teachers we would apply as a district. John can get more details if anyone thinks applying for this grant is worth pursuing.
4. Internet Filtering:
Phil reported that he looked at other Alaska school districts to see how they handle internet filtering. Kenai is stricter and filter more but have better equipment. They have the ability to provide separate filtering policies for students and teachers. Here at JSD, we don’t have the capability to due this because we have a cheaper filter service. Our current options are to un-filter specific sites or provide LOG IN access for teachers that would allow them to bypass all filtering. Phil can provide this for teachers who ask. Note that this is the same log in for everyone. Caution to keep the log in a secret from students is huge---or the filtering we do use will be totally useless.
Phil also reported that it is expected that Ryan Stanley will include a recommendation for filtering software in his January report. Our current filtering software blocks about everything, but can’t block “https” proxies and students are getting to sites using them.
Teachers should use the email link on the screen that states the site is blocked if they want it unblocked. Copy the URL and paste it into the message for Phil or Cliff. They will notify you when the site is accessible.
Phil suggested that an “Active Directory” system might be a good direction for us to move toward. This type of system would require every user to log in with a personal password and every computer would need to be logged into. This should be a better way to provide access to appropriate internet sites.
5. 1 to 1 Laptop Program:
Nancy voiced her frustration as a parent and JSD staff member at how long it is taking for this program to get started. The program is to roll out the beginning of 2nd semester at both JDHS and TMHS. Part of the delay is the difficulty in hiring a person to coordinate the 1 to 1 Program. Thunder Mountain has trained 16 students who will be helping with checking in and out the laptops. Specific criteria that show levels of responsibility have been set for students who would like to take the laptops home. Leslie has begun the imaging process for TMHS student laptops.
6. Ryan Stanley Update:
Ryan is finished with interviewing staff and schools. He will now begin to compile the information and write the report to be given to board in January.
7. Technology Curriculum Review:
The Technology Curriculum that was written in 2003 needs revising. Committee members should review JSD current curriculum and also other school district’s technology curriculum. What additions, changes, corrections or a totally new type of model should we use for an updated curriculum.
Sheryl wants to be on the committee who writes this.
Next Meeting:
Third Wednesday of January is 21st, 2009.
4:00 PM at DHMS
Finalize ASTE plans
Compare and Contrast Technology Curriculum
Ryan’s report
Update on 1 to 1 Program
Present: Leslie Antolick, Nancy Barto, Cathy Boutin, Chris Carte, Alan Degener, Jane Ginter, Phil Gouveia, Ray Imel, Barbara Kelly-Page, Barb Kreher, Tom McKenna, Tom Milliron, Richard Steele, John Wahl, and Sheryl Wittig,
Guests: Henry Hopkins, Katherine Milliron, and Ryan Stanley.
1. Invite Ryan Stanley----Tech Plan Contractor
Ryan Stanley came to talk about the work he has been hired to do for the district. He is the project leader and will be compiling district-wide information about how technology is used. Ryan will be using the same criteria and format he has used with smaller school districts to create a final report.
Ryan emailed a technology survey to all JSD staff earlier this month. In the first 48 hours, there were 148 replies to the survey and after that about 15 more. Ryan and his associates have compiled a list of JSD staff they would like to have further conversations with. He will get in touch with them to arrange a time to discuss further questions. Ryan especially would like to speak with any staff who have historical knowledge of technology use in the district.
Ryan and his associates will be looking at many different aspects of the district technology program. They will basically be trying to find out how things having to do with technology get done in our district.
He will be visiting each school to perform an informal physical inventory of what technology is available and being used. This is not necessarily an audit of matching up FAS’d items, but a gathering of information to generate a list of what technology students, teachers and staff are using. For example, age of equipment is one of the things he will be listing and is the equipment networked or not.
Ryan will create a report that will be submitted to JSD by January 9, 2009. These findings will also be presented to the JSD Board in January 2009.
Discussion following Ryan's presentation,
Leslie wondered why we are going through the motions of surveying hardware, infrastructure, software and people since we have done it four times in the last nine years. The data is already out there and the school district's technology commitment is not so fluid that the hardware has changed that much. Except for renovations and a new school, infrastructure has not changed at all.
What will be the end result? It was stated the school board was told that having another survey is the way to decide whether tech loan is the way to go or if we are going to continue to purchase computers, etc.
2. Committee to create a teacher self-assessment by skill level.
From Ryan's work, he will be able to give us feedback on teacher skill level and we can combine it with our information in January.
3. John will review the technology plan and bring action items to the group to start working on this year. For example, enhancing communication to parents.
A. From our JSD Technology Committee WIKI:
Tech Plan ---- Goals actions and strategies.
We need to create parameters and standards for technology purchases.---PC’s, MAC’s and printers.
The AD HOC work group will get together, discuss and create procedures, parameters and standards for further purchases.
Please contact the following members of this group if you have suggestions or concerns:
High School rep will be Leslie Antolick;
Elementary rep will be Tom McKenna;
Middle School rep will be Ray Imel;
Admin rep will be Tom Milliron;
IT Rep will be Phil Gouveia;
John Wahl will facilitate the meeting.
ACTION ITEM: The AD HOC group will report back to the whole committee at the December 17th meeting.
B. Another item from the Tech Plan, Goals actions and strategies.
Our JSD Technology curriculum needs review. AND THEN teachers need to be implementing and integrating technology. Five years has flown by since this document was created in May 2003 and we need to start thinking about updating this document.
C. John would like a broader audience for student productions submitted for the Mac contests this year. I Did a Movie contest---encourage more student entries. Teachers could build into an assignment the same kind of standards and requirements for student created entries so student’s work could be entered. Also note that Channel 6 is upgraded and so now we hope more student productions will be shown.
ACTION ITEM: John will send an email message about imovie CONTEST INFORMATION
3. Update on one to one initiative
The laptops are being distributed on a team-by-team basis. As each smaller learning community is ready, they will start. A position to coordinate the program is advertised but the start-up will not wait until a person is hired. Imaging is being created at Thunder Mountain now. Barbara Kelly-Page has done the teacher computers at JDHS which have been distributed. Many machines can be imaged at the same time once the image is available.
Additional Agenda Item:
FILTERING the JSD network
Policy on file is pretty thorough. Because of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) we now block many sites in our district. Including, but not limited to any site containing "pornography", myspace and other type of spaces, proxies, utube, and most recently "forums", are all on the list of sites being blocked by our filtering system. CIPA has specific items that have to be filtered and we are doing our best to conform to this. Phil has created a way for individual teachers to log into the network behind Sonic Wall. He will give access to individual teachers on a case-by-case basis.
ACTION ITEM: Phil will find out what other districts are doing about this problem of filtering too much or not enough.
Also, the legality of publishing photos to web was discussed. Student photos cannot be published without permission unless the photo is taken at a "public event" -- a play, concert, etc. It was floated that the same is true for staff photos...just no one is aware of it.
Future Meetings: Our meetings will now be held every THIRD WEDNESDAY of each month. This is a change requested by a committee member because of another meeting scheduled at exactly the same day and time.
Next Meeting: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 4:00 - 5:30, DHMS
Agenda items:
AD HOC Committee report:
Discussion on purchasing procedures and standards
JSD Technology Curriculum -- review document for updating
ASTE, Begin making plans to attend (air and hotel reservations)
(District procedures for repayment needs to be explained before hand!)
Channel 6
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Technology Meeting Minutes
10/15/08
2008-2009 School Year ------ Current Members
Nancy Barto, CO Finance Officer
Cathy Boutin, DHMS Librarian
Chris Carte, TMHS Teacher
Rich Culver, FDMS Tech Assistant
Alan Degener, FDMS Teacher
Phil Gouveia, JSD IT Supervisor
Ray Imel, DZ Teacher
Barbara Kelly-Page, JDHS Computer Technician
Barb Kreher, JDHS Librarian
Tom McKenna, HBV Teacher
David Means, CO Administrative Services Director
Tom Milliron, FD Principal
Laury Scandling, CO Assistant Superintendent
Deedie Sorensen, MRCS Teacher
Richard Steele, JDHS Teacher
John Wahl, CO Math, Sciences and Technology Specialist
Sheryl Wittig, Riverbend Teacher
Jeffery Wyatt, Glacier Valley Teacher
Present: Richard Steele, Nancy Barto, Chris Carte, Ray Imel, Barb Kreher, Sheryl Wittig, Cathy Boutin, John Wahl, Tom McKenna, Phil Gouveia, and Tom Milliron
Visitor: Barb Mecham, DHMS Principal
1. Introduction of Phil Gouveia, new IT Supervisor
Several members were missing because of illness or other commitments. Laury Scandling is planning to be a participant on this committee.
2. 2008-2009 JSD Technology Committee chairperson.
John Wahl volunteered to be our chairperson this year. Thank you, John.
3. Create a schedule for this year.
We will meet on the second Wednesday of every month 4-5:30
David Means said hourly people (classified staff) would be paid for coming to these meetings.
4. The importance and status of the JSD Technology Committee
All Tech Committee participants' travel expenses will be paid if they choose to attend ASTE (Feb 21-24, 2009)
5. $70,000 RFP for tech plan:
SERRC, Ryan Stanley, will be performing the TECH PLAN.
To be completed by January 9, 2009.
John Wahl, as chair of our committee, will invite Ryan Stanley to our next Technology Committee meeting on November 12 at 4:00 pm. DHMS room C207.
6. One-to-One Laptop Initiative
1. Wiring JDHS is happening right now, TMHS all done
2. Training Oct 31 and Nov 1
3. This is a grant from Association of Alaska School Boards
4. Bandwidth might be a problem
5. A position for IT to manage the 1-2-1 program has been approved? but not advertised as far we know.
A cabinet level topic: Should the district wait to roll out the 1-2-1 program at both high schools at the same time? The bandwidth problem at JDHS has to be improved before adding more computers. It is the recommendation of this JDS Technology Committee to NOT wait until JDHS is ready to start the program at TMHS. Jeffus and Williams is REWIRING for WIRELESS in JDHS totally. Have had equipment but not installed because of labor costs.
7. Bandwidth: ACS and GCI are both providing estimates for internet access for JDHS. This is estimated to be a cost of $8,000-$10,000 per month.
8. CHANNEL SIX
Mikkeo has resurrected the 10-year-old scheduler to play programs on Channel 6. We think Susan Christianson has acquired enough money to purchase a newer scheduler for remote access. Richard has proven it is possible to tape events, copy the DVD’s and sell for a profit!
Questions about continuation of Channel 6 direction:
Who will perform oversight or who is the person for quality control?
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FILTER BLOCKING
1. Snap Pro liscense of 30 or more $44 instead of $70
2. Phil has idea about log in to disable Sonic Wall for teacher computers. TEACHERS would log in and by pass the firewall so TEACHERS can access anything on the internet. David Means knows about this option and will be asked to take this issue to cabinet for discussion.**
*Added note: There are teachers who FORGET to log out AND teachers who give passwords to students. What shall we do about those teachers?
Next Meeting:
November 12, 2008
4:00 DHMS room C207
Agenda items
1. Invite Ryan Stanley----Tech Plan Contractor
2. Committee to create a teacher self assessment by skill level
3. John will review the technology plan bring action items to the group to start working on this year. For example, enhancing communication to parents.
4. Update on one to one initiative
Tech Meeting
May 20, 2009
DHMS
4:00 PM
Present: Leslie Antolick, TMHS Computer Technician; Nancy Barto, CO Finance Officer; Cathy Boutin, DHMS Librarian; Chris Carte, TMHS Teacher; Rich Culver, FDMS Tech Assistant; Phil Gouveia, JSD IT Supervisor; Ray Imel, DHMS Teacher; Barbara Kelly-Page, JDHS Computer Technician; Barb Kreher, JDHS Librarian; Tom Milliron, FD Principal; Richard Steele, JDHS Teacher; John Wahl, CO Math, Sciences and Technology Specialist; Sheryl Wittig, Riverbend Teacher; Lori Hoover, AB Principal; Ted Wilson, GV Principal; Sarah Marino, Yakoos Principal; Barb Mecum, DHMS Principal
2009/2010 School Year JSD Technology Committee membership:
A representative from each school should be a member on the JSD Technology Committee. Especially with the new technology based initiatives that are taking place next school year we'd like each site to be aware of and to participate in them. JSD Technology Committee members are listed on our Wiki Space. This membership list will be updated at the beginning of each year. Communication was sent to all principals to let them know who has been listed as a member from their school and their attendance for this year's meetings.
If you are a current JSD Tech Committee member and are NOT planning to continue that membership next school year, please email John Wahl to let him know.
Next school year meeting dates and times:
Meetings will be held the third Wednesday of each month. Our first meeting of the 09-10 school year will be Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at DHMS at 4:00 PM.
2009-2010 Technology Initiatives:
1. NetTrekker <http://www.nettrekker.com/> is like “a google for schools”. Click on the link and sign up for a trial account! NetTrekker is a search engine that only searches educational sites. The program provides search limiters that include reading level, Title III, ESL, or ELL appropriate material. The cost for a district wide one-year subscription is $9,000.00. This will be purchased for next school year during our JSD fiscal year, which is July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. Training for NetTrekker is planned for staff during October Science and Technology Conference.
2. Atomic Learning is included in our JSD Technology plan. Using this program we can assess 8th grade skills. Instead of assessing 8th graders this spring, we will assess 9th graders in the fall. Title 2D / Stimulus funds will be used to pay for this program.
Tech Mentors in each secondary school have had Atomic Learning training. Subscription service will be for the entire district with citywide access. Each individual will have their own account for Atomic Learning. JSD is looking at individual course modules and we might be able to apply and use for credit with UAS. Adults only can take 599 courses, not for students through UAS. Chris Carte will talk with Carin Smolin and see if we can include student credit.
The program includes projects teachers can teach students which help to develop and use the skills that students have learned from the modules.
3. MAPS ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS by NWEA.org
This system consolidates numerous assessments and condenses them. The assessments include math, reading, writing and grammar. The assessments are technology based and students test on a computer. There are three assessment windows that test individuals and provide a report for teachers within 24 hours. The report gives you proficient level and guided teaching levels. Math skills are assessed and results show where a student falls on a continuum for those skills base. The program is loaded on a server and special installation needs are involved with this program. MatSu School District is using this program and other districts down south use it, too.
Staff development for teachers will be possible in summer and then they would be point persons in buildings next year.
4.BOOT CAMP
JUNE-- One week long --- staff only --
iWork 09 package iLife 09
1 to 1 laptops
REBOOT CAMP
AUGUST-- Two-day technology training.
Mainly for 1 to 1 laptop teachers and student technology team training.
09-10 GOALS and Future Work
Tech Plan:
Board wants to follow SERRC plan – David Means will submit an update to them
New JSD Tech Coordinator to be hired in January 2010
Position of tech coordinator will be cabinet level and IT works on hardware and network
Funding:
Advocacy for funding needed
Get priorities ready for stimulus funds for infrastructure upgrades – John is working on it.
Modernizing schools --- keep your eyes open for GRANTS to spend this money
Curriculum Update:
Let's PILOT the ATLAS CURRICULUM MAPPING software as we update our JSD Technology Curriculum. It is electronic curriculum mapping software produced by Rubikon Company, 4.00 per kid per year ($20,000)
ADHOC Committees will convene for the last 30 minutes of meetings
STANDARDS for purchasing
FILTERING
ASTE Grants and staff development money
Other Discussion:
Lori wants to know if we have to have one or the other platform. Some programs run on PC’s only. Discussion about transfer students from school to school especially at elementary schools, pursued. Also, staff development at elementary level has been modest and what would happen if staff had to learn TWO platforms?
AGENDA for 1st meeting
30 minutes training for Tech Committee
30 minutes Adhoc Committees
ACTION ITEMS:
Get priorities ready for stimulus funds for infrastructure upgrades – John is working on it.
John will make it happen. REMOVE 06 iWork and upgrade to 08Work all building techs will be emailed to please do this.
Thank you, John!
Agenda: April 22, 2009
Minutes
JSD Technology Committee Meeting
DHMS @ 4:00 PM
April 22, 2009
Present: Leslie Antolick, TMHS Computer Technician; Nancy Barto, CO Finance Officer; Cathy Boutin, DHMS Librarian; Rich Culver, FDMS Tech Assistant; Jane Ginter, DHMS Computer Technician; Barbara Kelly-Page, JDHS Computer Technician; Barb Kreher, JDHS Librarian; Richard Steele, JDHS Teacher; John Wahl, CO Math, Sciences and Technology Specialis;, Sheryl Wittig, Riverbend Teacher
Guest: Mark Carver, 1 to 1 laptop Coordinator & District Web Master
Absent: Chris Carte, TMHS Teacher; Alan Degener, FDMS Teacher; Phil Gouveia, JSD IT Supervisor; Ray Imel, DZ Teacher; Tom McKenna, HBV Teacher; David Means, CO Administrative Services Director; Tom Milliron, FD Principal; Laury Scandling, CO Assistant Superintendent; Deedie Sorensen, MRCS Teacher; Jeffery Wyatt, Glacier Valley Teacher
1. Stimulus Update
At the April 21, 2009 JSD Board meeting it was not totally clear what was decided, but there was discussion about spending stimulus monies, if and when it is received in our district. As we understand it, there is a possibility for $75,000 to be allotted for a JSD tech coordinator starting in January 2010. There was also discussion about $35,000 for supporting technology infrastructure during the meeting. Stimulus money is still up in the air not sure how much the JSD might be receiving.
2. Potential Grants for Infrastructure from ARRA (Stimulus Bill)
State Stabilization Fund (SSF)
Title I and Title 2D money
IDEA
Grants released through dept of agriculture could be used for infrastructure. SERRC is looking into it specifically for infrastructure.
3. Budget Update
Nancy stated that in January 2009, as a committee, we responded to the board that our district that both infrastructure improvements and a JSD Technology Coordinator are both equally needed. We need to hire someone who has a foot in all tech worlds including district level coordination and authority, knowledge of curriculum, integrating technology into the classroom, etc. Our tech committee should adapt suggestions from Ryan Stanley's SERRC report and provide a JSD Technology Coordinator job description.
John says this position has to be at the level of IT and Curriculum. One that makes decisions and has power and authority for the complete district. I would be ineffective if each site was to receive a specific amount of money from a district technology budget. We need, as a district, to order equipment and other technological items that adhere to specific requirements and designed standards. The idea is to have technological continuity throughout the district that allows students to move seamlessly from school to school.
4. Technology additions for the coming school year
NetTrekker <http://www.nettrekker.com/> is like “a google for schools”. Click on the link and sign up for a trial account! NetTrekker is a search engine that only searches educational sites. The program provides search limiters that include reading level, Title III, ESL, or ELL appropriate material. The cost for a district wide one year subscription is $9,000.00. This will be purchased for next school year during our JSD fiscal year which is July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010.
5. Presenters needed for Alaska Math, Science, Technology Conference . JDHS will host the conference which will be Juneau School District Inservice days for staff on October 14-17, 2010.
6. Staff development opportunities: Technology Bootcamp in June (TMHS); SE Technician Conference in Ketchikan
We have $32,000 technology integration and professional development money to use. We need to measure 8th grade students to see if they are meeting technology skills. Specifically testing and evaluating for the skills, which have not been developed yet. We also need to develop a rubric so we can test staff skills so we know what more they need to learn.
Atomic Learning a web based program and has "just in time training" online tutorials divided by lessons. The cost is $23,000 for three years including a 15% discount. The idea is that all JSD staff can access the program to learn from the tutorials. JSD staff can create customized courses and there is a possibility we may be able to submit these to partner with UAS for 599 classes. Atomic Learning meets funding requirements for Title 2D, aligns with tech plan, NCLB mandate, and has lesson plans.
Richard added that "Lynda.com" is the same type of program and is a competitor to Atomic Learning. He suggests we all take a look at it and if it has college credit set up already then no one would have to recreate that.
If anyone is looking for online classes they might look at Illuminate used at UAS. This program has two-minute painless instructional videos that staff could use for just a session or two. These lessons are designed to use right away. Marsha Gladhart, technology teacher at UAS, is using this program.
7. Internet Safety follow-up (iSafe) & e-rate
ISafe curriculum provides compliance to e-rate law for teaching internet safety. It costs $600 per district.
8. Other items
Richard reported there will not be any room for new video production equipment next year at JDHS. A new scheduling machine was purchased for channel 6 and we have all the great stuff to use for a video studio but no space.
Our new servers have the capability for individual iCalendars to be published and others can subscribe to view the first person's calendar. We need to see if this can be done for wikis, also.
Elementary schools will be going to PowerSchool soon and they need training.
We need a district technology coordinator to make a lot of this happen.
At JDHS POWER SCHOOL access can be denied so that students and parents will not be able to see GRADES at the end of year IF students have library or textbook FINES!
Next JSD Technology Meeting:
May 20th, 2009 at 4:00 PM at DHMS
Agenda:
Stimulus Money Update
Tech Committee Minutes
March 18, 2009
Present: John Wahl, Leslie Antolick, Phil Gouveia, Barbara Kreher, Rich Culver, Sheryl Wittig, David Means, Alan Degener, Tom Milliron, Cathy Boutin
ASTE Review
Barb Kreher – Internet safety should it be added to the tech curriculum. Is included in Health Curriculum but no ownership – who teaches it. Could be added to the library curriculum. Barb offered links from teacher tube (public service announcements from TV ‘think before you post’– posting images online, iSafe is free curriculum and broken down by grade level. Rich explained Internet safety program that is presented at the 7th grade in the health curriculum. At DH it is included in the health curriculum. Teacher tube stuff is presented in the classrooms at the middle school level. At the high school no particular presentation is offered. John mentioned sharing music, cyber bullying, and potential predators. Needs to be repeated at every level throughout the school experience. Could be collaboration with librarian and classroom teacher.
Sheryl – smart board sessions ASTE. Will be sharing curriculum development on smart boards with the elementary ESL.
Geo caching sessions - looking to borrow GPS units for use
Attended Google Apps sessions
Advantages and disadvantages with Google apps. Makes it easier to contribute as a group for a final document. Their presentation product is not very good and starting a document in Google word is not user friendly. In the future might have some uses in the district but not right now.
Barbara – 2nd life – not very practical – take too much time
Alan - Social networks – allows you to set up your own social network - takes too much time
Cathy – 2nd life – Anchorage school district has an island
John – it will cost money as you get into it – when you create things and upload to site there is a cost.
You need to be an adult and you need to pass background checks if you are on teen grid in 2nd life. Can be useful to collaborate as a class.
Alan – Apple remote desktop, and imaging
Change caching setup on network, turn off bonjour network cache. Apple considers remote desktop to be the ‘canary in the coal mine’ since it will start showing symptoms of network problems before they get too big. ARD works best with leopard setup but most schools in JSD are a mixture of OS – 10.4 and 10.5. Snow leopard is coming next not radically new but will fix many things in 10.5.
John asked Phil about moving to server 10.5.6. Phil said all severs in the district are 10.5.6. Many present computers in JSD will not meet the specs to upgrade to 10.5. Operating system is too big to run on older machines.
Phil – met salespeople, attended vendor breakouts, Dept of Education, vaporware application interesting but not released yet. Meet with peers from throughout the state and compared equipment and set up. Scale of networks throughout the state are much larger then JSD. Most does not apply to Juneau but is interesting.
Cathy won trial version video conferencing software. DH gets to keep speaker/microphone hardware that will come with prize. They will set up and then demonstrate.
Tom – iPod touch, by apple. Very slick and easy to use. A podcast was created by the end of the session that he attended and posted on the web. Used Garage band and iLife 09 but can be done with iLife 08 and iLife06. Wanted to get a demo set of iPod touches from apple but wasn’t successful. Wanted referrals from other schools so Tom could ask about the experience but there aren’t any out there yet. Apple was willing to discount the charging case but not agree to a free trial. Price doesn’t justify the usefulness in light of the cheaper laptops that are coming out. iPod use was suggested in the tech plan written by Ryan Stanley. Is being used with an ESL population in another school district. ESL teacher buying cheap iPod shuffles for her students and loading up content for students and their families. Cell phone are showing up in the classrooms at many levels. Cell phone might talk the place of clicker technology. iPod touch has scientific calculator and a dictionary. iPod will work in a power outage. iTunes education area has free, worthwhile content. Laptops for secondary school level, and iPod touch at elementary level. Secondary level need to type papers and make presentations, which is easier to do on a laptop. iPod is a consumption tool, laptop is a creation tool. Notebooks are getting very inexpensive.
Tom – advanced power school, Fairbanks School District has written a file maker pro program that talks directly with Power School.
Security for Power School should be similar to Alaska Central software used in the Spec Ed. Department.
Next year ISTE standards will focus on administrators
This year the focus was teachers
Last year the focus was students
Cheryl – stimulus money to replace hardware.
John went to 2nd life training
Apple seminar which included Educators group and IT group. How severs can do wikis, clickers, host podcasts. Everything can be done in a closed and secure community with the leopard server. Wiki, Blog, Calendar enabled on leopard servers. 121 Engineering days were purchased so apple can help with server issues.
ISTE session had new standards for teachers
Found out who got the grants and what they were doing. Need to partner with another school district or university to get better scores on grant applications. Partner with apple is also a possibility. Staff development and integration provided by apple that would allow us to apply for up to $150,000.
iPhone application exchange – rural physics students using GPS feature and collecting data there are free versions and 99-cent versions of software for the iPhone.
Notetaker application, - good for storing different information – web pages, etc
iLife 09 – learn how to play an instrument, travel books with built in maps, major iMovie improvement.
Discovery Streaming video - one stop place for Anchorage teachers to go to get all their outside services – discover channel, atomic learning, discovery streaming. All within their network so it doesn’t take too much bandwidth.
Study Island – Harborview has one.
Developers software to write iPhone and iPod touch applications
Document camera made for under $100 from QUICKTIME PRO
iWork09 – new features in keynote and pages, transitions upgraded and many more templates.
Filming on a village budget – how to do it on a small budget. Sound equipment is the most important place to spend the money.
How is model of tech curriculum handled in other places in Alaska.
Establishing a process of reviewing and determining what sites get blocked. How to handle. Mostly requests are for unblocking sites since everything is blocked. There is a need for a review panel to look at what is being blocked. Blocking system is being used in place of class management – shift responsibility from teacher. How do sites get blocked – radio buttons which are global and not specific. Forums have been blocked due to a checked radio button regardless of content. Student must go through the librarian to make request to unblock. Tech should not be used as classroom management tool. Power should remain with classroom teacher. When students are done they go to gaming sites. Online gaming and streaming video sites use large amounts of bandwidth and should be blocked. https sites cannot be blocked at filter level. Teachers need ownership of blocked sites. Students do not need voice in process
JSD Tech site representation from each facility. List of committee opportunities was not published at the beginning of the year. Elementary schools are underrepresented - Glacier Valley and Auke Bay have never been to a meeting.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – stimulus act – grant money distributed through Dept of Agriculture – for modernization of school infrastructure. IT has wish list ready, justification, ballpark cost. Potential revenue source. Upgrade switches, Internet access, network ports at all school except – TM already has. Sept 30, 2011 is deadline. Apply for grants to do upgrades within the district. Asking SERC about their experience with grants in which they have been successful. Staff development might be useful but cannot be included in the grant application. John went over some of the ISTE standards for teachers. Consistent and adequate funding is a stumbling block.
Tech coordinator will not be filled this year due to lack of district funding. Dave means mentioned looking to NCLB money to see if it can be used for staff development.
Staff development online – imbedded teachscape xl as staff development tool. – JSD online. Use Moodle for staff development and also use it in the classroom down the road. Use Atomic learning in the JSD. Could take care of Targets for 8th grade students. Atomic Learning would be use in the 9th grade as an assessment tool in conjunction with the 1 to 1 laptops instead of doing the assessment in the 8th grade. Cost has to be looked into – it is an annual subscription.
Teacher upgrade grant – laptops for every teacher that did meet the minimum specs for leopard. Teachers at both middle schools have laptops, all 1 to 1 teachers, math teachers at high school, very few elementary. TM has external monitors their for use with laptops.
Incentive for teachers to come to Juneau School District and get a laptop – stay for a few years and keep the computer.
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Juneau School District Technology Committee
March 18, 2009
DHMS 4:00 PM
Agenda:
• ASTE follow-up (round-table presentations from those who went)
• ASTE follow-up: Models of Technology Curriculum
• Content Filtering: establishing a collaboration/review process for blocked sites
• JSD Committee (site representation)• ARRA Grants for Infrastructure Upgrades• Other items
Send John other agenda ideas.
From ASTE I would like to discuss one of the sessions I attended.
Teacher Tube posts:Think Before You Post #1 and the other one, too: Think Before You Post #2
Barb Kreher
Juneau School District Technology Committee
Feb. 18, 2009
DHMS 4:00 PM
Present: Jane Ginter, Phil Gouveia, Ray Imel, Rich Culver, Richard Steele, John Wahl, Leslie Antolick, Sheryl Wittig, Tom Milliron, Alan Degner, Tom McKenna. David Means came late. Cathy Boutin came late.
ASTE, we need to take good notes. Share with the rest of the group. Most of the next meeting needs to be shared with the main group. John showed us some of the preconferences and reminded us that we can go to the mini sessions which are smaller versions of the main sessions or we can look for the persons who gave the workshop.
John said that the E2-D2 apps went out; they were slanted towards districts with partners. The Juneau School District was not successful. John said that he knows who the winning districts were and that he would attend the session; he will look for a Southeast District to partner with, perhaps Chatham.
Who is going to ASTE: Alan Degener, Phil Gouveia, John Wahl, Tom Milliron, Cathy Boutin, Barb Kreher, Sheryl Witting. Henry Hopkins is going. Barb Mecum and Molly Yerkes are also going as part of the DZ grant. We need to take good notes. At the next committee meeting there will be a time for reporting. Last time we met and collaborated there. We could try and meet after the opening keynote. Last year we had an objective; the plan we were drafting. What would be our objective this year? We want some preplanning for our technology review cycle. We need to find out what other district’s models for technology instruction, how do they deliver curriculum.
Tom asked re our agenda for next meeting. John asked how we assess, that we need to ask other districts questions at ASTE; how do they assess technology and who does it? Also, the sessions we go to, we need to be willing to give a report on what we learned and great innovations.
Phil is going to meet with other IT supervisors up there.
Alan was rescheduled to Monday PM and Tuesday PM.
1:1 update: computers have been rolled out at Thunder Mountain. We had a good group of parents. Only had one parent who didn’t like the way the student agreement was worded. The student is liable for the computer when it’s outside the building.
Rich’s daughter attends Thunder Mountain; she said that you have to carry the computer around with her all the time. She does not like to carry the computer all the time. John said that as people use the computers more and more, perhaps they’ll use them in classes more. This summer there will be a tech integration institute. There will be a number of slots available. John doesn’t know if there are enough laptop cases for every single student. Rich asked about using synching for all the laptops at TMHS. Leslie said she hasn’t heard any complaints. The bumps at the beginning of the year have mostly been worked out. Leslie said that there is minimal loss of data if a laptop crashes. Leslie said that it only synchs the differences. Alan is curious as to what happens to that. We discussed the ins and outs of synching machines and the repercussions. John said that having the kids turning in the computers to the carts has not caused a problem. JDHS’s rollout is quasi-happening this week. The parent opening was last night. There were lots of questions about blocking websites, etc. Leslie said that we are very close to cyber bullying and that one kid crossed the line today. She said that the iChat is a problem. We can lock it down. Tom asked if anyone was using iChat for an academic purpose. Sheryl said that it’s a push to use it for academic purposes. John said that kids can chat other ways.
We discussed the monitoring. Tom asked that if a student clears history can we still find out where they’ve been. Phil said yes. We could disable Safari. Alan said to go into the “Nib File” and take “private browsing” out of the Nib file. He said that is not hard to do with “X” tools. He said he doesn’t think there’s a hot key for that. We discussed private browsing. Tom said that he shared how to disable content filtering during the 1 to 1 laptop training.
School board response to technology budget advisory. We got a .pdf document from David Means of the Administration’s Analysis and Recommendations of Educational Technology Review & Recommend. This did not get on the agenda until about 10:00 PM. David said that we had talked to the tech committee, the admin council. David said that Ed at the School Board said that we could get hand helds perhaps instead of computers. David said that we are having to work on tight budgets, a lot tighter than last year. David said that the district is struggling to find $2.5 million; he does not believe that some of the recommendations from the SERRC report will be in the budget. The timing for the additions is not good.
David said that we turn over to the legislature our wish list as well. Any additions or changes are dependent on the price of oil. David said that there could be some money in the federal stimulus bill for technology. John thought that it could target network infrastructure.
Tom McKenna asked what is the best way to understand the school district budget. Tom is interested in what is possible. David said to come by his office for a budget document. David said there is not a technology section in there. There is an opening at ASTE and we have an opening for one more person; it may be Tom or it may be Jane.
John said that regarding the next steps in the tech review cycle, that we need to interact with people from other school districts and find out other models. Those who aren’t going to ASTE need to research models from outside the state.
Alan asked about Channel 6; Mikko Wilson will contact him.
Sheryl asked about our District tech plan. John said that he submitted it and that it is approved by the state after some hurdles in the summer. John said that he does not know where we stand with our board; there are no new funds for technology. David said that the Board does not understand we are in limbo. A lot of what was in the SERRC report matched our plan. We didn’t have the leg power to pull off. John said that we did not submit the SERRC plan to the state. That was done by an outside source.
John said that we are attempting what is in the plan. Some things we’ll be able to do, some things we won’t be able to do.
Tom said that Harborview is interested in Smart Boards. Tom said that they’re interested in an alpha smart-type solution. Tom said that they’re looking into fusion keyboards. John said projectors need to be ceiling mounted. Leslie said there were some issues regarding placement and installation.
Tom said that for a fraction of the cost you get the slates: smart board makes the slates. Tom really should be at ASTE; they have two versions of them at Dryden. They paid $300 for these pads. They do everything you can do with a Smartboard.
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JSD Technology Committee Meeting
January 21, 2009
4:00 PM
DHMS Library
Present: John Wahl, Alan Degener, Leslie Antolick, Richard Steele, Tom McKenna, Phil Gouveia, Barbara Kelly-Page, Barb Kreher, Nancy Barto, Tom Milliron, Chris Carte, Dee Dee Sorenson, Sheryl Wittig, David Means and Ray Imel.
Guest: Jan Niemeyer, JDHS Graphic Arts Teacher
1. SERRC Review and Recommendations:
(See link on this wiki to reference complete report)
David Means wanted us to develop priorities for the February 17th school board meeting. The question was raised how our priorities mesh with the Budget Review committee recommendations. We decided to categorize our priorities highest tier, medium tier, low tier and other.
The Jan Niemeyer, JDHS graphics teacher, is concerned that her high-end technology needs were not addressed in the Review and Recommend.
• 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3 (Infrastructure Improvements)
Top 2 non-negotiable priorities
(tech coordinator begins work on planning a replacement cycle)
• 3.3.3 Establish per school technology budget
• 2.5.1 District wide to support qualifying technology integrations
1.3.1 Reorganizing IT (AST)
All site-based recommendations
Currently in Place:
• 1.3.3 MS/HS technology integration leader
Can be put into practice with existing staff:
• Implement a modern “Web 2.0” capable web services infrastructure
Should happen immediately:
• 3.4.2 Comprehensive UPS solution
2. ASTE CONFERENCE
David Means said that the district had funds to pay for only 3 committee members to attend ASTE this year instead of everyone.
*John Wahl will attend using different travel money.
*Richard Steele, Barbara Kelly-page and Barb Kreher will be funded with JDHS Staff Development funds.
The 3 people funded by district money are:
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Next Meeting:
(Third Wednesday) February 18, 2009.
4:00 PM at DHMS
ASTE (quick check in and other logistics/planning)
1 to 1 Update
School Board response to Technology Assessment/Budget Advisory
Next Steps on Technology Curriculum Review Cycle
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JSD Technology Committee Meeting
December 17, 2008
4:00 PM
DHMS Room C207
Present: Leslie Antolick, Nancy Barto, Cathy Boutin, Chris Carte, Alan Degener, Jane Ginter, Phil Gouveia, Ray Imel, Barb Kreher, Tom McKenna, Tom Milliron, Richard Steele, John Wahl, Sheryl Wittig.
Guests: Kristin Bartlett JSD Communications Manager, Joyce Kitka, Community Schools
1. Alaska Society for Technology in Education (ASTE) Conference:
Saturday, February 21, 2009 through Tuesday, February 24, 2009. Captain Cook Hotel, Anchorage.
The following JSD Tech Committee Members expressed an interest in attending this conference:
Tom Milliron, Cathy Boutin, Richard Steele, Alan (presenting sessions), Chris Carte, Barb Kreher, Barbara Kelly-Page, Sheryl Wittig, Leslie Antolick, and Jane is a maybe.Tom McKenna is interested as well.
Things to do if you are interested in attending:
2. Channel 6 Update:
Currently, Richard’s students have a 20-minute news show broadcasting at 8:01 AM, 6:00 PM and 6:30 PM.
The new upgraded scheduling/broadcasting machine is being purchased by end of December 2008, even though funding is $2,500 short. Once installed, the new machine will enable scheduling to be accomplished by accessing the JSD network and will not require this to be done manually.
“Quality Control” of anything broadcast over Channel 6 was discussed. Mikko is submitting an overall broadcasting plan and it may be that he can help us develop STANDARDS and ETTIQUETTE before we get very far with producing and broadcasting shows. Kristin Bartlett, JSD Communications Manager, will talk with Mikko to make a draft addressing Quality Control for this committee to review. The current JSD policies will be followed but will include this medium of presentation.
The scheduling of shows will be figured out as the need arises.
When the idea of selling advertising was brought up Nancy explained to us that though it sounds like a great idea, the cost of processing would be more than what we might earn.
3. E2T2 Grant:
This is a federal grant administered by the State of Alaska and has very specific parameters. What they are looking for is a cohort of 2-4 educators that must include at least one 8th grade Math or Reading teacher. Members of the cohort must attend ASTE and a summer workshop. The emphasis of the grant is to learn about the Intel –“Teach to the Future Program”, or a pre-approved similar program. Each member of the cohort would receive $5,000, a digital projector, or a pod of computers to be used for staff development.
In the past, the grant was posted in January with a short timeline to submit an application. Committee members should talk to teachers to see if anyone is interested. Reading teachers might consider an articulation between grade levels. If we could pool ideas together and have committed teachers we would apply as a district. John can get more details if anyone thinks applying for this grant is worth pursuing.
4. Internet Filtering:
Phil reported that he looked at other Alaska school districts to see how they handle internet filtering. Kenai is stricter and filter more but have better equipment. They have the ability to provide separate filtering policies for students and teachers. Here at JSD, we don’t have the capability to due this because we have a cheaper filter service. Our current options are to un-filter specific sites or provide LOG IN access for teachers that would allow them to bypass all filtering. Phil can provide this for teachers who ask. Note that this is the same log in for everyone. Caution to keep the log in a secret from students is huge---or the filtering we do use will be totally useless.
Phil also reported that it is expected that Ryan Stanley will include a recommendation for filtering software in his January report. Our current filtering software blocks about everything, but can’t block “https” proxies and students are getting to sites using them.
Teachers should use the email link on the screen that states the site is blocked if they want it unblocked. Copy the URL and paste it into the message for Phil or Cliff. They will notify you when the site is accessible.
Phil suggested that an “Active Directory” system might be a good direction for us to move toward. This type of system would require every user to log in with a personal password and every computer would need to be logged into. This should be a better way to provide access to appropriate internet sites.
5. 1 to 1 Laptop Program:
Nancy voiced her frustration as a parent and JSD staff member at how long it is taking for this program to get started. The program is to roll out the beginning of 2nd semester at both JDHS and TMHS. Part of the delay is the difficulty in hiring a person to coordinate the 1 to 1 Program. Thunder Mountain has trained 16 students who will be helping with checking in and out the laptops. Specific criteria that show levels of responsibility have been set for students who would like to take the laptops home. Leslie has begun the imaging process for TMHS student laptops.
6. Ryan Stanley Update:
Ryan is finished with interviewing staff and schools. He will now begin to compile the information and write the report to be given to board in January.
7. Technology Curriculum Review:
The Technology Curriculum that was written in 2003 needs revising. Committee members should review JSD current curriculum and also other school district’s technology curriculum. What additions, changes, corrections or a totally new type of model should we use for an updated curriculum.
Sheryl wants to be on the committee who writes this.
Next Meeting:
Third Wednesday of January is 21st, 2009.
4:00 PM at DHMS
Finalize ASTE plans
Compare and Contrast Technology Curriculum
Ryan’s report
Update on 1 to 1 Program
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JSD Technology Committee Meeting
November 12, 2008
DHMS 4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Present: Leslie Antolick, Nancy Barto, Cathy Boutin, Chris Carte, Alan Degener, Jane Ginter, Phil Gouveia, Ray Imel, Barbara Kelly-Page, Barb Kreher, Tom McKenna, Tom Milliron, Richard Steele, John Wahl, and Sheryl Wittig,
Guests: Henry Hopkins, Katherine Milliron, and Ryan Stanley.
1. Invite Ryan Stanley----Tech Plan Contractor
Ryan Stanley came to talk about the work he has been hired to do for the district. He is the project leader and will be compiling district-wide information about how technology is used. Ryan will be using the same criteria and format he has used with smaller school districts to create a final report.
Ryan emailed a technology survey to all JSD staff earlier this month. In the first 48 hours, there were 148 replies to the survey and after that about 15 more. Ryan and his associates have compiled a list of JSD staff they would like to have further conversations with. He will get in touch with them to arrange a time to discuss further questions. Ryan especially would like to speak with any staff who have historical knowledge of technology use in the district.
Ryan and his associates will be looking at many different aspects of the district technology program. They will basically be trying to find out how things having to do with technology get done in our district.
He will be visiting each school to perform an informal physical inventory of what technology is available and being used. This is not necessarily an audit of matching up FAS’d items, but a gathering of information to generate a list of what technology students, teachers and staff are using. For example, age of equipment is one of the things he will be listing and is the equipment networked or not.
Ryan will create a report that will be submitted to JSD by January 9, 2009. These findings will also be presented to the JSD Board in January 2009.
Discussion following Ryan's presentation,
Leslie wondered why we are going through the motions of surveying hardware, infrastructure, software and people since we have done it four times in the last nine years. The data is already out there and the school district's technology commitment is not so fluid that the hardware has changed that much. Except for renovations and a new school, infrastructure has not changed at all.
What will be the end result? It was stated the school board was told that having another survey is the way to decide whether tech loan is the way to go or if we are going to continue to purchase computers, etc.
2. Committee to create a teacher self-assessment by skill level.
From Ryan's work, he will be able to give us feedback on teacher skill level and we can combine it with our information in January.
3. John will review the technology plan and bring action items to the group to start working on this year. For example, enhancing communication to parents.
A. From our JSD Technology Committee WIKI:
Tech Plan ---- Goals actions and strategies.
We need to create parameters and standards for technology purchases.---PC’s, MAC’s and printers.
The AD HOC work group will get together, discuss and create procedures, parameters and standards for further purchases.
Please contact the following members of this group if you have suggestions or concerns:
High School rep will be Leslie Antolick;
Elementary rep will be Tom McKenna;
Middle School rep will be Ray Imel;
Admin rep will be Tom Milliron;
IT Rep will be Phil Gouveia;
John Wahl will facilitate the meeting.
ACTION ITEM: The AD HOC group will report back to the whole committee at the December 17th meeting.
B. Another item from the Tech Plan, Goals actions and strategies.
Our JSD Technology curriculum needs review. AND THEN teachers need to be implementing and integrating technology. Five years has flown by since this document was created in May 2003 and we need to start thinking about updating this document.
C. John would like a broader audience for student productions submitted for the Mac contests this year. I Did a Movie contest---encourage more student entries. Teachers could build into an assignment the same kind of standards and requirements for student created entries so student’s work could be entered. Also note that Channel 6 is upgraded and so now we hope more student productions will be shown.
ACTION ITEM: John will send an email message about imovie CONTEST INFORMATION
3. Update on one to one initiative
The laptops are being distributed on a team-by-team basis. As each smaller learning community is ready, they will start. A position to coordinate the program is advertised but the start-up will not wait until a person is hired. Imaging is being created at Thunder Mountain now. Barbara Kelly-Page has done the teacher computers at JDHS which have been distributed. Many machines can be imaged at the same time once the image is available.
Additional Agenda Item:
FILTERING the JSD network
Policy on file is pretty thorough. Because of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) we now block many sites in our district. Including, but not limited to any site containing "pornography", myspace and other type of spaces, proxies, utube, and most recently "forums", are all on the list of sites being blocked by our filtering system. CIPA has specific items that have to be filtered and we are doing our best to conform to this. Phil has created a way for individual teachers to log into the network behind Sonic Wall. He will give access to individual teachers on a case-by-case basis.
ACTION ITEM: Phil will find out what other districts are doing about this problem of filtering too much or not enough.
Also, the legality of publishing photos to web was discussed. Student photos cannot be published without permission unless the photo is taken at a "public event" -- a play, concert, etc. It was floated that the same is true for staff photos...just no one is aware of it.
Future Meetings: Our meetings will now be held every THIRD WEDNESDAY of each month. This is a change requested by a committee member because of another meeting scheduled at exactly the same day and time.
Next Meeting: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 4:00 - 5:30, DHMS
Agenda items:
AD HOC Committee report:
Discussion on purchasing procedures and standards
JSD Technology Curriculum -- review document for updating
ASTE, Begin making plans to attend (air and hotel reservations)
(District procedures for repayment needs to be explained before hand!)
Channel 6
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Technology Meeting Minutes
10/15/08
2008-2009 School Year ------ Current Members
Nancy Barto, CO Finance Officer
Cathy Boutin, DHMS Librarian
Chris Carte, TMHS Teacher
Rich Culver, FDMS Tech Assistant
Alan Degener, FDMS Teacher
Phil Gouveia, JSD IT Supervisor
Ray Imel, DZ Teacher
Barbara Kelly-Page, JDHS Computer Technician
Barb Kreher, JDHS Librarian
Tom McKenna, HBV Teacher
David Means, CO Administrative Services Director
Tom Milliron, FD Principal
Laury Scandling, CO Assistant Superintendent
Deedie Sorensen, MRCS Teacher
Richard Steele, JDHS Teacher
John Wahl, CO Math, Sciences and Technology Specialist
Sheryl Wittig, Riverbend Teacher
Jeffery Wyatt, Glacier Valley Teacher
Present: Richard Steele, Nancy Barto, Chris Carte, Ray Imel, Barb Kreher, Sheryl Wittig, Cathy Boutin, John Wahl, Tom McKenna, Phil Gouveia, and Tom Milliron
Visitor: Barb Mecham, DHMS Principal
1. Introduction of Phil Gouveia, new IT Supervisor
Several members were missing because of illness or other commitments. Laury Scandling is planning to be a participant on this committee.
2. 2008-2009 JSD Technology Committee chairperson.
John Wahl volunteered to be our chairperson this year. Thank you, John.
3. Create a schedule for this year.
We will meet on the second Wednesday of every month 4-5:30
David Means said hourly people (classified staff) would be paid for coming to these meetings.
4. The importance and status of the JSD Technology Committee
All Tech Committee participants' travel expenses will be paid if they choose to attend ASTE (Feb 21-24, 2009)
5. $70,000 RFP for tech plan:
SERRC, Ryan Stanley, will be performing the TECH PLAN.
To be completed by January 9, 2009.
John Wahl, as chair of our committee, will invite Ryan Stanley to our next Technology Committee meeting on November 12 at 4:00 pm. DHMS room C207.
6. One-to-One Laptop Initiative
1. Wiring JDHS is happening right now, TMHS all done
2. Training Oct 31 and Nov 1
3. This is a grant from Association of Alaska School Boards
4. Bandwidth might be a problem
5. A position for IT to manage the 1-2-1 program has been approved? but not advertised as far we know.
A cabinet level topic: Should the district wait to roll out the 1-2-1 program at both high schools at the same time? The bandwidth problem at JDHS has to be improved before adding more computers. It is the recommendation of this JDS Technology Committee to NOT wait until JDHS is ready to start the program at TMHS. Jeffus and Williams is REWIRING for WIRELESS in JDHS totally. Have had equipment but not installed because of labor costs.
7. Bandwidth: ACS and GCI are both providing estimates for internet access for JDHS. This is estimated to be a cost of $8,000-$10,000 per month.
8. CHANNEL SIX
Mikkeo has resurrected the 10-year-old scheduler to play programs on Channel 6. We think Susan Christianson has acquired enough money to purchase a newer scheduler for remote access. Richard has proven it is possible to tape events, copy the DVD’s and sell for a profit!
Questions about continuation of Channel 6 direction:
Who will perform oversight or who is the person for quality control?
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FILTER BLOCKING
1. Snap Pro liscense of 30 or more $44 instead of $70
2. Phil has idea about log in to disable Sonic Wall for teacher computers. TEACHERS would log in and by pass the firewall so TEACHERS can access anything on the internet. David Means knows about this option and will be asked to take this issue to cabinet for discussion.**
*Added note: There are teachers who FORGET to log out AND teachers who give passwords to students. What shall we do about those teachers?
Next Meeting:
November 12, 2008
4:00 DHMS room C207
Agenda items
1. Invite Ryan Stanley----Tech Plan Contractor
2. Committee to create a teacher self assessment by skill level
3. John will review the technology plan bring action items to the group to start working on this year. For example, enhancing communication to parents.
4. Update on one to one initiative